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• plural of nao.

naos

American  

[nay-os] / ˈneɪ ɒs /

noun

• naoi
  plural

1. a temple.

2. Architecture. cella.

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naos British  

/ ˈneɪɒs /

noun

1. rare an ancient classical temple

2. architect another name for cella

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• naoi
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of naos

First recorded in 1765–75, naos is from the Greek word nāós dwelling of a god, inner part of a temple, shrine

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Example Sentences

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naos naoi

Team historians were particularly intrigued by black granite pieces from a Menouthis naos, or shrine, on which hieroglyphics revealed the roots of classical astrology.

From Time Magazine Archive

They led their visitors through the pronaos and naos to the secos, to the holy of holies.

From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Louis Couperus

After this rapid glance at the aspect of the landscape, let us return to the cangia with its fifty rowers, and, without announcing ourselves, enter boldly into the naos of honor.

From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Th?ophile Gautier

Small this temple is: it consists of thirty elegant Corinthian columns, ten of which are disengaged, and form the portico, whereas the remainder are engaged in the naos or sanctuary.

From In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

At daybreak, September 25, 1493, seventeen ships, three carácas of one hundred tons each, two naos, and twelve caravels, sailed from Cadiz amid the ringing of bells and the enthusiastic Godspeeds of thousands of spectators.

From The History of Puerto Rico From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation by R. A. (Rudolph Adams) Van Middeldyk

Then muttering "Crois nan naoi aingeal leam 'O mhullach mo chinn Gu craican mo bhonn."

From The Best Psychic Stories by Various

This was accomplished by the exertions of naoi naoinear ciad ginealach mac—the nine nines of first-begotten sons.

From Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul by Sir James George Frazer

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